AM/FM is being squeezed. General Motors will introduce a flexible app framework on a variety of 2014 models that lets customers access digital radio, including TuneIn and iHeart.

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Chris Woodyard
| USA Today

Radio broadcasters face being squeezed off the dial as stereo makers offer an array of new apps with thousands of new listening options in new cars.

A far cry from local AM/FM sets of the past, the latest units not only offer satellite or HD radio, but apps that bundle signals from Internet radio broadcasters across the country. The result is that conventional broadcasters are being forced to adapt by emphasizing quality local or targeted content, working different distribution channels or maybe becoming part of a bundle themselves.